In the April 2008 issue of Fast Company, Elizabeth Spiers gives reason for all those books I have purchased to serve as very expensive shelf breaking paperweights.

“Business books let us amble zombielike through our careers, freeing us from responsibility for the quality of our own decision making. Better to delegate that responsibility to other people - Jack Welch, perhaps. It’s a fresh spin on the old saw that no one ever got fired for buying IBM: No one will ever get canned for leaning on something with a Ken Blanchard blurb on the front cover.”

HA!

1. I will no longer feel guilty about running SOOOO far behind on my reading

2. I will hold myself accountable - right after my dog, neighbor, and maybe my coworkers deny their culpability

3. The unicorn, or grand unified solution/model, for every business issue still remains hidden from view

Ok, blame my upbringing, but I will still probably feel guilty about all those books I have yet to read…